Container for talking-machine records.



I. G. CASPER. CONTAINER FOR TALKING MACHINE moans.

Patented Aug. 20, 1918.

APPLICATION FILED JULY I4. 19H.

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IRWIN G. CASPER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CONTAINER FOR TALKING-MACHINE RECORDS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 2t), 1918.

Application filed July 14, 1917. Serial No. 180,501.

ers for talking machine records or similar articles which may be damaged unless properlystored and has for an object to provide a container or drawer for use in a cabinet whereby a plurality of separate records can be conveniently stored in a protected. manner and yet the records are readily accessible for selective removalwhe'n the drawer is open. 1

A. further object of the invention is to provide a' record container whereby the several record holders, While fixed within the containers, may .yield under pressure and assurne such a position that the contents of any holder may be quickly identified and removed for use.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention, I have shown in the accompanying drawings one form thereof which is at present preferred by me, since the same has been found in practice to give satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be-understood that the various instrumentalities of which my invention consists can be variously arranged and organized and that my inventionis not limited to the precise arrangement and organization of the instrumentalities as herein shown and described.

Referring to the drawings- Figural represents a perspective of a container for talking machine records embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 represents a section on line 22 of Fig. 1.

.ig. 3 represents a similar section showing the record holders in position for the removal of a record.

1 designates the container proper for the record holders and is preferably in the form of a rectangular drawer which is adapted to fit into a suitable cabinet with the usual sliding movement. The ring or handle 2, provides means for engaging the drawer and pulling it out toaccessible position or pushing it back to closed position. As will later appear it is unnecessary to remove the drawer entirely from the cabinet in order to examine and remove a record or records since the construction 1s such as to permit the full useof the device with the drawer partly open.

3 designates the respective holders for the records, each consisting of a substantially flat body having two sidessecured at three side edges, asindicated at 4, in order to leave an'open end or side 5 for the reception of the article to be stored. Preferably each holderis secured to a'binding 6 of flexible material which extends rearwardly in the form of atongue 7, the several tongues being arranged in superposed relation and spaced respectively by transverse strips 8. The strips 8 are of any suitable material fixed to the body of the drawer and in the present instance, the holder bindings are glued between the strips, though it 4 will be understood that this is only by way of illustration and any equivalent means may be employed without departing from the invention. Furthermore the binding means is preferably at the rear of the drawer so that the front portion of the holders is free to lift (as indicated Fig. 3) and separate one from another in order to select v the desired record.

9 designates an opening with which'each holder is provided for the purpose of mak ingvisible the identifying data upon the record in the holder and this opening is, of course, located properly with respect to such data.

10 designates an opening located, in the referred form, in the bottom of the-drawer through which the finger or fingersof the user may pass and press the stack of holders upwardly as shown in Fig. 3 and thus bring the free ends above the front of the drawer so that the records may be quickly and easily identified and such as desired readily re moved.

It should be understood however that l do not wish to be limited to the location or shape of the opening as obviously this may be varied to suit conditions.

By in present invention the wear upon a recor holder is reduced to a minimum since it is not subjected to the constant handling of loose containers which are taken out with the'records, dropped in any convenient place and piled up promiscuously with records whereby they beccnee torn, dr-

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lapidated and useless. Furthermore any desired record may be promptly located and removed thus doing away with the common practice of pulling out one record after another in the search for the desired one; lln addition the life of the record is increased since the fiat, superposed arrangement prevents warping and as each is protected by an individual cover the danger of scratching or marring thesound grooves is eliminated.

It will'now be apparent that I haved'evised a novel and useful construction which embodies the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in invention and the above 1 description and while I have in the present instance shown and described the preferred embodiment thereof which has been found in practice to give satisfactory and reliable results, it is to be understood that the same is susceptible of modification in various particulars without departing from the spirit or scope of drawer, said cases being open the statement of the ravaeae the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages. 1

What I claim is:

A receptacle for disk records comprising in combination a receptacle in drawer form having a finger opening in its body and a series of disk-holding cases each flexibly connected to a binder portion, said binder portions being superposed and permanently secured adjacent the rear side of said at their front ends to permit ready access to the record disks when said disks and holding cases are bodily lifted by inserting a finger or thumb through said body opening and said records being retained in their cases by the front Wall of the drawer when said cases are restored thereto.

' In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name.

IRWIN G. CASPER. 

